TECHNICAL SEMINAR

ON
DIGITAL SCENT TECHNOLOGY
A technical seminar report submitted in partial fulfillment of
the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Technology
under BPUT

By
Name: Priya
Regd No: 1101289258
Branch: Electronics & Telecommunication
Year: 20011-2015

TRIDENT ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY

BHUBANESWAR

DEPT. OF ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING.

TRIDENT ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY,BHUBANESWAR

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that

PRIYA

,bearing

Regd.No 1101289258, student of Branch :Electronics and

Telecommunication

Engineering,

Trident

Academy

of

Technology, Bhubaneswar have submitted seminar report on

DIGITAL SCENT TECHNOLOGY
fulfillment

for

Bachelors

.This is required for the

Degree

in

Electronics

&

Telecommunication Engineering under BPUT.

Seminar coordinator
Dept.

Head of the

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I take this opportunity to express my hearty thanks to all those who
individually as well as collectively helped me in the successful completion
of this seminar.
I would like to express my immense gratitude and sincere thanks to
Mr. Rizwan Ali Khan

,whose co-operative guidance has helped me in

successful completion of
TECHNOLOGY

this seminar on DIGITAL SCENT

am

very

much

thankful

to

Professor

Mrs(Dr).Sakuntala Mahapatra(HOD,Dept.of Electronics ) and

Seminar

coordinator Asso. Prof. Rabindra Bhojray for helping me to complete the

seminar successfully.

I express my deep sense of gratitude and appreciation to the entire faculty

members in Dept. of Electronics& Telecommunication for their valuable
and scholarly guidance, constant supervision and timely advice and nonteaching staff of the Dept. of Electronics & Telecommunication and my
friends without whom my endeavors wouldnt have been successful.

Name: Priya
Branch: ETC A1
Regd No: 1101289258

ABSTRACT
Digital scent technology (or olfactory technology) is the engineering discipline dealing
with olfactory representation. Its a technology to sense, transmit and receive scentenabled digital media (such as web pages, video games, movies and music). This sensing
part of this technology works by using olfactometers and electronic noses.
Until now, online communication involved only three of our senses hearing ,touch, and
sight. New technology is being developed to appeal to our sense of smell.
The expression "electronic sensing" refers to the capability of reproducing human senses
using sensor arrays and pattern recognition systems.

The digital smell is basically a hardware software combination. The hardware part of
digital smell will produce the smell, and the software part will evaluate the smell
equation and generate specific signals for specific smell and finally that smell will be
produced by the device. The hardware device is a device like speaker, like speaker this
device is also connected to the computer system. For this device there is also a driver
program which will evaluate the digital equation for generating specific gas
This new technology will make it possible to send and receive scented e-mail and to add
scent elements to Web sites, to name just a few of its applications. In future these devices
will play very well role in our life, such as in Theater, Televisions, internet etc.

CONTENT
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1. Introductions

2. Evolutions of digital smell

3. Basic operations

4. Electronic nose

9-10

5. Comparison between electronic

Nose and human nose

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6. Smell synthesizer

12-13

7. Scentware

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8. Broadcasting of smell

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9. Various inventions

18-20

10.

Applications

21-22

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Facilities and limitations

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12.

Future applications

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13.

Conclusions

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14.

References

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INTRODUCTION

In this modern age, computers have verified the cause of their existence. They have
virtually taken over in every field of todays fast life. Gone are the days when
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applications of computers were limited to official use only. Today computers have
important place in every household purpose, and mainly internet has taken over whole
world.
There are various causes due to which computers have their own stand in our life. It
provides a very good facility of fast processing, sound and picture. The virtual reality
concept has provided very good features to the computer systems. The concept of virtual
reality is introduced by the computer programmers to provide more attachments to the
user. There are several concepts of the virtual reality that are available such as digital
smell, virtual theater, electronics hand gloves, multipoint surround sound system, 3d
goggles.
The digital smell is basically a hardware software combination. The hardware part of
digital smell will produce the smell, and the software part will evaluate the smell
equation and generate specific signals for specific smell and finally that smell will be
produced by the device. The hardware device is a device like speaker, like speaker this
device is also connected to the computer system. For this device there is also a driver
program which will evaluate the digital equation for generating specific gas.
Until now, online communication involved only three of our senses - hearing, touch, and
sight. New technology is being developed to appeal to our sense of smell. DigiScents, an
interactive media company, is creating iSmell Digital Scent Technology , new software
which will enable scents to be broadcast from the Web.
Coding of aromas would be downloaded to computer similar to graphics images as
audible sounds. Ultimately users will be able to create and modify their own fragrances
and post them on the internet . Also discussed the potential for creating smell capture
cameras, which could add fragrances coding to images and sounds.
This new technology will make it possible to send and receive scented e-mails and to add
scent elements to Web sites, to name just a few of its applications.In future these devices
will play very well role in our life, such as in Theater, Televisions, internet etc.

EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL SMELL

Sense of smell is the ability to detect odors. As humans we are limited to the sensation of
seven basic odors and their combinations. Although not as highly developed as in various
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other mammals, this perceptual sense can have a significant impact on how we perceive
different objects and messages. Smell is the only sense that cannot be turned off. A person
smells all of the time and with every breath, as often as 20,000 times a day.
As we know that many scientists have started for the virtual reality from the last 5 to 6
years. As a virtual reality they have got a full concept as virtual theater. These theaters
consist of an electronic hand gloves, digital smell, multipoint surround sound system,
movement controllable seats, 3d goggles. From this idea the multipoint surround sound
system, 3d goggles, movement controllable seats were completed. Now for the user to fill
more realistic effects of movies they were introducing the very new facility of digital
smell in movies or in games . For example if we are watching a movie and we see
burning of tier then we will fill that smell in theater or pc or television.
The basic idea for this was given by the perfume making companies for the
advertisements of their perfumes.

FOUNDER
Founders Dexster Smith and Joel Lloyd Bellenson, experts in bioinformatics and
genomics, started from the following idea: If we can find the essence of a biological
smell and build a profile, we can digitalize and broadcast it.
They came up with the idea for the company while they were in south beach. Using their
scientific knowledge , they indexed and analyzed natural smells said to a common to
south beach such as flowers , salt water and suntan lotion.

BASIC OPERATION
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DigiScents indexes thousands of smells based on their chemical

structure and their place on the scent spectrum

Each scent is then coded and digitized into a small file.

The digital file is embedded in Web content or email.

A user requests or triggers the file by clicking a mouse or opening an email.

A small amount of the aroma is emitted by the device in the direct vicinity of the
user.

It turns smell into digital code that can be stored on laser discs or as a computer
files and
it can even be e-mailed.

To implement this technology a driver program is needed known as scent

stream.

ELECTRONIC NOSE
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E-noses uses different type of gas sensors .

Each sensor in the array has different sensitivity .

The pattern of response across all the sensors in the array is used to identify the
odour.

Different e-nose uses different types of gas sensors which form heart of e-nose.

The sensor response is recorded and delivered to the signal processing unit.

It is then converted into electronic signal by using a transducer and finally it is

processed by using the signal processing unit.

The electronic nose was developed in order to mimic human olfaction that functions as a
non-separative mechanism: i.e. an odor / flavor is perceived as a global fingerprint.
Essentially the instrument consists of head space sampling, sensor array, and pattern
recognition modules, to generate signal pattern that are used for characterizing odors.
Electronic noses include three major parts: a sample delivery system, a detection system,
a computing system.
The sample delivery system enables the generation of the headspace (volatile
compounds) of a sample, which is the fraction analyzed. The system then injects this
headspace into the detection system of the electronic nose. The sample delivery system is
essential to guarantee constant operating conditions.
The detection system, which consists of a sensor set, is the "reactive" part of the
instrument. When in contact with volatile compounds, the sensors react, which means
they experience a change of electrical properties.
In most electronic noses, each sensor is sensitive to all volatile molecules but each in
their specific way. However, in bio-electronic noses, receptor proteins which respond to
specific odor molecules are used. Most electronic noses use sensor arrays that react to
volatile compounds on contact: the adsorption of volatile compounds on the sensor
surface causes a physical change of the sensor. A specific response is recorded by the
electronic interface transforming the signal into a digital value. Recorded data are then
computed based on statistical models.
Bio-electronic noses use olfactory receptors - proteins cloned from biological organisms,
e.g. humans, that bind to specific odor molecules. One group has developed a bio-

electronic nose that mimics the signaling systems used by the human nose to perceive
odors at a very high sensitivity: femtomolar concentrations.
The more commonly used sensors for electronic noses include

metaloxidesemiconductor (MOSFET) devices - a transistor used for

amplifying or switching electronic signals. This works on the principle that
molecules entering the sensor area will be charged either positively or
negatively, which should have a direct effect on the electric field inside the
MOSFET. Thus, introducing each additional charged particle will directly
affect the transistor in a unique way, producing a change in the MOSFET
signal that can then be interpreted by pattern recognition computer systems.
So essentially each detectable molecule will have its own unique signal for a
computer system to interpret.
conducting polymers - organic polymers that conduct electricity.
polymer composites - similar in use to conducting polymers but formulated of
non-conducting polymers with the addition of conducting material such as
carbon black.
quartz crystal microbalance - a way of measuring mass per unit area by
measuring the change in frequency of a quartz crystal resonator. This can be
stored in a database and used for future reference.
surface acoustic wave (SAW) - a class of microelectromechanical systems
(MEMS) which rely on the modulation of surface acoustic waves to sense a
physical phenomenon.

Some devices combine multiple sensor types in a single device, for example polymer
coated QCMs. The independent information leads to vastly more sensitive and efficient
devices.
In recent years, other types of electronic noses have been developed that utilize mass
spectrometry or ultra-fast gas chromatography as a detection system.
The computing system works to combine the responses of all of the sensors, which
represents the input for the data treatment. This part of the instrument performs global
fingerprint analysis and provides results and representations that can be easily interpreted.
Moreover, the electronic nose results can be correlated to those obtained from other
techniques (sensory panel, GC, GC/MS). Many of the data interpretation systems are
used for the analysis of results. These systems include artificial neural
network (ANN), fuzzy logic, pattern recognition modules, etc.

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COMARISON BETWEEN ELECTRONIC NOSE AND HUMAN

NOSE
The perception of odorant molecules in the human nose is achieved through an array of
sensory cells called the olfactory epithelium. These cells act as biological sensors
that react to the presence of odorant molecules by generating electrical signals.
These signals are sent to the brain through the olfactory cortex and travel along the
olfactory nerve.
Our biological odor sensors are not specific to single chemicals but are specialized for
groups of chemical compounds. The cells therefore react strongly to the chemicals for
which they are specialized but also to others chemicals, especially if present at high
concentrations.
The electronic nose mimics the same process. 16 non specific gas sensors are exposed to
a sample of air and, just like our own cells, are specialized for different families of
chemical compounds. After appropriate calibration, the e-nose quantifies (continuously)
the odor concentration in o.u./m3 (odour unit per cubic meter).

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SMELL SYNTHESIZER
The smell synthesizer means the device which is used to generate the smells. Such as
ismell is device used to produce the gas using computer.
There are various types of smell synthesizers available in the market, but for computer
the smell synthesizer is made by digiscents industry.

ISMELL
The iSmell is a peripheral device, about the size of a PC speaker that connects to a PC via
a serial or USB port. It uses consumable cartridges which are used and replaced similar to
the way ink jet printers use ink cartridges. It emits natural-based vapors into the user's
personal space. ISmell is triggered either on demand by the user (via a keyboard or
mouse action) or via a timed or programmed response (as is the case with a DVD
ScentTrack).
The company's technology turns smells into digital codes that can be stored on laser discs
or as computer files, and can even be e-mailed. The iSmell device reads a digital scent
file, creates a smell from a "palette'' of 128 chemicals stored in a cartridge, and then wafts
into the air with a small fan.
SPECIFICATIONS:
1. It has cartridge of 128 chemicals which is able to produce 10,000 Smells.
2. To active this device for computer it will require a driver program called as
ScentStream.

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CARTRIDGE:
The cartridge will contain chemicals either natural oils or synthetic fragrances that will be
activated by either heat or air pressure, when you send a signal from your computer. The
digital smell device could add another sensory dimension to the sights and sounds of a
computer game. Currently 128 chemicals are stored in a cartridge. Similar to an ink jet
printer, those oils form the core of a replaceable cartridge, which is inserted in the
company's iSmell device. The oils are electrically stimulated in different combinations to
create specific smells in response to software prompts programmed into applications such
as Web site features, computer games, digital music, and movies. But after some time as
user will be more familiar with these smells the cartridge will come in market in which
you can add chemicals as many as you want. They are still investigating all the scent
combinations that are currently possible with the iSmell device. As the technology
becomes more refined, more and more scents and scent combinations will be possible.

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"The idea would be to have a box about the size of a small speaker that would be
connected to your computer and within that box is this cartridge of odors, having a
hundred different small chambers in it, and then on command from the computer, you can
choose various odors within that hundred, to be mixed up together and then puffed gently
out of this port where you can smell it."

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SCENTWARE
Sentware is a combination of SoftWare and Hardware. There are two types of software.
One allows you to Design your own custom fragrances, and the other allows you to
receive the codes for a custom scent and have them activate a spray device so you can
smell it. The design software is often as simple as a web page with pictures of familiar
scents (apple pie, popcorn, fresh rain, flowers) that you can drag with your mouse into
a virtual beaker and mix. The combinations you choose can be saved as a custom
fragrance, which gets stored as codes to be passed to a spray device.
The spray device is a piece of hardware that can be plugged into one of the serial ports of
your computer, the way a printer plugs in. This device has a disposable cartridge with a
number of chambers inside, each containing a chemical compound that can be mixed
with others to match the custom scent youve created.
Scent Mixers are basically programs that will allow the developers to create their own
aromas for multimedia. Once the product is available on the Mac platform, consumers
will be able to use the Scent Mixer Scent Creation Software, which allows you to create
your own scents.

SNORTAL
Snortal will be the Internet's first a scent-enabled Web portal. Visiting the Snortal, you
will be able to send scented e-mail, design and register your own smells, and create and
share ScentTracks for your favorite movies and music.The goal was to create a space
where people of all ages can feel as though they are on vacation, having fun. The look
was appropriated into all marketing collateral, including press folders and greeting cards.

SCENT REGISTRY
To ensure odor authenticity, DigiScent has created a ``ScentRegistry,'' a digital index of
thousands of scents that the company will license to developers to integrate into games,
Web sites, advertisements, movies and music. DigiScent's founders hope that by licensing
their scent spectrum, they will create a world of smells for the Internet generation
perfumes you can smell online, computer games with the whiff of the jungle or the tang
of jet fuel, movies that give audiences the scents of an autumn bonfire.

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DATA BASE REMINISCENTS

ScentObjets can be incorporated in many applications multimedia, for which a license
will be required. Whatever the smell that we are the license for can be entered in the
ReminiScents data base file.

SCENTTRACKS
ScentTracks is software. By using this software you can edit the smell, create the smell,
create scented greeting cards, add smell for the movies or songs for all these operation
there are some tools are given which user can use. File menu: In this file menu they have
given new, open, close , save, save as, search, exit, etc. By these new menu of the Scent
Tracks user can create several new smells. He has provided certain chemical reaction and
on that basic he can easily create smell. By these save and save as menu user can save
these smell in the form of chemical reaction.
Greeting menu:
In this menu user has provided the tools used for greetings menu. Such as pictures as clip
art, word art, chart, etc. The created smell or ready smell can be attached to the greeting.
Such that when greeting opens it will produce the sweet smell.
Editor:
In editor menu they have given the editor for both the movies as well as for songs. By
using this editor you can add and delete smell at a particular place in a movie or song. So
that when that song continues at particular place it will produce that inserted smell. But
for that we require different players. Currently they were making Real Player for that
smell.

SDK
Set of tools to create content with aroma, includes ReminiScents Database, API and DLL
of iSmell and him servant and client of ScentStream. Digiscents Launched a Scentware
Developers Kit -- Sdk -- at Game Developers Conference.
The SDK is incredibly easy to implement, we expect to see an explosion of scent enabled
content. Using the ScentWare(TM) SDK, a developer can scent enable a game within an
hour, said DigiScents Director of ScentStream(TM) Technology, Cooksey Thomas, who
previously developed the Sega Dreamcast's audio API. "The SDK contains all we need to
create killer scented games that allow gamers to smell environments, entities, and prizes."

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WDK:
The ScentWare Web Development Kit (WDK) gives you the tools to provide
unforgettable scented online experiences. Scenting your Web site is fast and easy with the
ScentWare WDK. Using your favorite leading web editing tools, you can add ambient
and click 'n' sniff scents to your web site or flash presentation in just minutes. The only
hard part about scenting your web site is choosing between chocolate, orange, pine forest,
the ocean, perfume, flowers, new carthe list goes on.
The DigiScents Web Developers Kit or WDK is a group of interoperable components that
allow Web designers to implement click-and-sniff Web pages using a variety of methods.
Components can be used within Web pages targeted for either Internet Explorer or
Netscape Navigator.
The kit includes a scriptable netscape plugin control that can be used to target netscape
navigator browsers and active control that can be used target internet explorer browsers.
As development progresses all of the media players and major browsers will be
supported. The WDK v.1 release will allow web designers to experiment with the
enabling technologies and prepare content now in order that it will be available when the
iSmell becomes available to mass consumers.

CLICK N SNIFF
This method causes the users ismell device to emit a scent when any scent enabled
element is clicked . click nsniff can be implemented by using any of the scentware
WDK components.

AMBIENT SCENTS
Pages can also automatically emit scents either when the page is loaded creating an
ambient scent on rollover or on a timer using JavaScript.

SCENTED MULTIMEDIA
Any Web technology that supports scripting i.e. Flash, Shockwave, Director, Microsoft
Media player etc.. Can use a scripted implementation of the ActiveX control. DigiScents
has created two ActiveX controls to meet different web page design needs.

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BROADCASTING OF SMELL
DIGITIZED SCENT:
A scent is indexed along two parameters, its chemical makeup and its place in the scent
spectrum, and then digitized into a small file.
BROADCAST:
The digital file is scent, attached to enhanced web content.
SYNTHESIZE:
DigiScents iSmell, which connects to the users computer like a set of speakers,
synthesis the smell from a palette of primary odours , following the guidelines of the
digital file.
iSmell technology turns smell into digital codes that can be stored on laser discs or as
computer files and it can even be emailed. It reads the digital scent file, creates a smell
from a palette of 128 chemicals stored in a cartridge, which wafts into the air with a
small fan.

SMELL-O-VISSION
Smell-O-Vision was a system that released odor during the projection of a film so that
the viewer could "smell" what was happening in the movie. The technique was created by
Hans Laube and made its only appearance in the 1960 film Scent of Mystery, produced
by Mike Todd , Jr., son of film producer Mike Todd. The process injected 30 odors into a
movie theater's seats when triggered by the film's soundtrack.
Smell-O-Vision did not work as intended. According to Variety, aromas were release with
a distracting hissing noise and audience members in the balcony complained that the
scents reached them several seconds after the action was shown on the screen. In other
parts of the theater, the odors were too faint, causing audience members to sniff loudly in
an attempt to catch the scent. These technical problems were mostly corrected after the
first few showings,

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SMELL O-PHONE

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The Scentee device can be attached to phones and used to send smells. When we press
'Puff' on the smartphone's screen, the Scentee lights up and a puff of scent is released
from a scent tank attached to the underside of the device.
'We can also use it to add a scent to the notification sound whenever you get a new email.'
The company also think the Scentee could be used with games.
For example, shooting games could come with a gunpowder scent.
These tanks can be fitted to the underneath of the Scentee, and can be swapped around
depending on what smell you want to send.
The Scentee is plugged into the phone using the phone's connector.
To send a smell the sender clicks the Puff button on the screen.
The recipient's Scentee lights up and a 'puff' of scent is released from a hole on the right
hand side of the connected device.
The company has already released an SDK that links applications and devices, and is
hoping that developers will use this kit to start developing apps that use the technology.

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DIGITAL SCENT PROJECTOR

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Its features include: A Digital Movie Projector, A sense of smell signal converter and a set
of scent making devices. A digital movie projector uses a full frequency sound channel as
its passageway to transmit sense of smell digital signal or adding a sense of smell digital
signal transmission passageway besides the several full frequency and a low frequency
sound channel. After being processed by the sense of smell signal converter the sense of
smell signal is transmitted into the scent making devices. The scent making devices uses
the scent transmission passageway to transmit the scent of the scent can into the pressurereducing valve and sound muffler, with help of the air compressor and the controlling
valve. And finally the scent is released into the cinema from the scent outlet devices
installed under or by the audience seats. With this proposal and without any modification
to a digital movie projector, the sense of smell signal can be programmed into digital
movies .

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SCENT RHYTHEM WATCH

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The idea of a watch constantly buzzing with reminders for appointments and workouts as
well as texts and emails might prove stressful and unwelcome for some people.
But now a concept for a different type of smartwatch promises to measure the passing of
time in a number of scents, rather than beeps and buzzes.
One computer expert has created a prototype watch that includes four dinky perfume
bottles, which release fragrances associated with different times of the day.
The ScentRhythm watch is bulky as it features four perfume bottles as well as the
mechanics to release the scents.
It is intended to feature fragrances associated with waking up, relaxing, times of activity
and sleeping.
Each of the four glass vials holds a millilitre of scent and every six hours the smartwatch
releases a whiff of the perfume selected for the specific time of day

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APPLICATIONS
There are four basic types of applications that scentware seems a logic fit for at the
moment.
Marketing
Entertainment
Education
Medical
MULTISENSORY MARKETING:
Perfume manufactures are an obvious fit. They would be able to benefit from doing
market research across the net, emailing you samples of some new fragrance they might
be trying out to see how you like it, and using your feedback to shape the final product.
And the heck with scratch-and-sniff cards in your favorite magazine. Now well smell
their latest and greatest when arrive at your favorite womens website or online boutique.
ONLINE INTERACTIVE GAMES:
Imagine smelling the scent of an opponent in an interactive online role-playing game or
smelling the damp cave your character is trapped in. Games with scented environments,
entities and prizes are more immersive and realistic. Scented games will soon be the
standard in interactive media, just as games with sound became prevalent as soundcards
became common.
COMMUNICATION:
Scent offers developers as well as consumers another medium for creativity and selfexpression. Scented web sites, electronic greeting cards and e-mail will enliven all ecommunication.
E-COMMERCE:
Scent will bring the online shopping experience to life. Scent-enabled shopping sites will
be more compelling if you can actually smell perfume, flowers, food and beverages,
cigars, and exotic places.

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EFFECTS OF DIGITAL SMELL FOR DIFFERENT SITES

OVER THE THEATER:
After some time the virtual theaters will come in the market. This virtual theater is
basically the concept of the virtual reality. These theaters will have electronic hand
gloves, digital smell synthesizer, multipoint surround sound system, 24 movement
controllable seats, 3d goggles. From this idea the multipoint surround sound system, 3d
goggles, movement controllable seats were completed. Now for the user to fill more
realistic effects of movies they were introducing the very new facility of digital smell in
movies or in games. For example if we are watching a movie and we see burning of tier
then we will fill that smell in theater.
OVER THE TELEVISION:
Now a days as new and new sound technology came in picture our home television is
changing, getting more and more powerful sound with it. After some time over television
will came will more clear picture, better voice as well as ismell device, which will create
more interest in watching the television.
OVER THE INTERNET:
DigiScents technology will be used to add a new dimension to e-commerce and
entertainment technology: adding scent to movies, online advertising and interactive
games are just a few of the possibilities. "Online greeting cards will be one of the first big
plays. We digitize and broadcast scent over the Internet and analyze the molecular
structure and sensory perception of an odor and software-code it. The iSmell is a
peripheral that is the size of an electronic pencil sharpener; it connects to a USB port. Its
scent cartridge would be like a color printer cartridge but with 128 scent 2elements to
combine. These elements will combine to make thousands of scent combinations.
EDUCATIONS:
Its this power that makes the addition of scent to the classroom experience such an
interesting new ally. Virtual field trips have become an invaluable tool for bringing
important experience into the classroom where time or geography may otherwise prevent
them. The addition of Smell is acknowledge as a tool that enhances the memory of that
experience, and amount of knowledge that is retained because of it.
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MEDICAL:
A new Tool for Catching Degenerative Neurological Diseases Early Aromatherapy will
perhaps be one of the big drivers of home computer scentware sales. In addition to
ergonomically correct keyboards and mice, music while we work, and even computerbased workouts to help you keep fit, you can now add smell to your list of tools for
increasing personal wellbeing. The benefits of aromatherapy go beyond personal
pleasure.

FACILITIES AND LIMITATIONS

FACILITIES:
1. As we now that user can send any type of smell so the ismell is designed in such a
way that it will give protection against that smell.
2.

The scent cartridges contain mostly natural materials commonly found in the
cosmetics, foods and beverages you use every day.

3. There might be possibility that user has allergy from any smell so for this problem
the ismell provides locking facility. So that user can lock that particular smell
which he doesnt like.
LIMITATIONS:
The obvious one is the price. Most home computer users wont be willing to pay the
$250-500+ price tag for the luxury of scratch-and-sniff websites. Some diehard game
fans may find the olfactory add-on a worthwhile boost to their multimedia experience,
but chances are this technology will find its first strong market in small kiosks and other
specialty shops.
While many fragrance manufacturers will find the ability to use scentware for both
market research and the generation of new sales, most of the ScentWare application
available today operate at a very simple level and arent capable of reproducing the very
complex protein level of molecule modeling that commercial fragrances require.
Specialty food marketers will face the same problem. While pizza, popcorn and apple pie
are already stock smells in a number of scentware collections, exact replicas of some of
the more complex branded foods that big distributors want to entice you with just
wont be possible yet. While a few years old, the technology is still immature, and will
require a committed partners and reasonable investment to customize the results in a way
thats suitable for companies whose smell is their branding.
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FUTURE APPLICATIONS
Possible and future applications in the fields of health and
security

The detection of dangerous and harmful bacteria, such as software that has been
specifically developed to recognise the smell of the MRSA (Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus). It has been theorised that if carefully placed in hospital
ventilation systems, it could detect and therefore prevent contamination of other
patients or equipment by many highly contagious pathogens.

The detection of lung cancer or other medical conditions by detecting the VOC's
(volatile organic compounds) that indicate the medical condition.

The quality control of food products as it could be conveniently placed in food

packaging to clearly indicate when food has started to rot or used in the field to
detect bacterial or insect contamination.

Nasal implants could warn of the presence of natural gas, for those who
had anosmia or a weak sense of smell.

The Brain Mapping Foundation used the electronic nose to detect brain cancer
cells

Possible and future applications in the field of crime

prevention and security

The ability of the electronic nose to detect odourless chemicals makes it ideal for
use in the police force, such as the ability to detect drug odours despite other
airborne odours capable of confusing police dogs. However this is unlikely in the
mean time as the cost of the electronic nose is too great and until its price drops
significantly it is unlikely to happen.

It may also be used as a bomb detection method in airports. Through careful

placement of several or more electronic noses and effective computer systems you
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could triangulate the location of bombs to within a few metres of their location in
less than a few seconds.

In environmental monitoring

For identification of volatile organic compounds in air, water and soil

samples.
For environmental protection.

CONCLUSION
A scent has a strange power over human beings . It can create a mood , intensify our
emotions . And so far this technology is quite successful in bringing virtual reality nearer
to the reality . Hence we conclude that this technology will revolutionized the world and
will become our need in future.

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